I will ask for the possibility to translate my The Na'vi Number System script to Dutch language?I want to make my files multilingual, so may it would be great.Currently available languages. German, English, French, Hungarian and Russian.

Preface:Kaltxì ma smuktu!I came up with the idea to write a little "How to use the Na'vi Number System". I got everything from the Na'vi-German Dictionary, Na'vi - Grammar and Rules, and Horen Lì'fyayä leNa'vi then summarized here. Here I discuss only the numerical system of the Na'vi language and I hope that this is clearly written.This post is a translation of the German version (that I wrote). Translated by

The Na'vi knows an octal number system with the base eight.Instead of numbers of the form of m x 10 + n, in Na'vi, one uses numbers of the form m x 8 + n. For example, 4 x 8 + 6 = 448.3610 and 448 are equivalent.Note: The subscript numbers indicate the base of the number system.

Let's start with the basic numbers of the Na'vi:

Basic Numbers

Number

Na’vi

Basic

Rest

0

kew

1

'aw

-aw

2

mune

me-

-mun

3

pxey

pxe-

-pey

4

tsìng

tsì-

-sìng

5

mrr

mrr-

-mrr

6

pukap

pu-

-fu

7

kinä

ki-

-hin

8

vol

If you want to use numbers greater than eight, it is done as follows:

nine

volaw

vol + -aw

one times 8 + 1

ten

vomun

vol + -mun

one times 8 + 2

Note: The l from vol falls off if the part after starts with a consonant.

A similar thing is done if you want to say numbers greater than fifteen.In this case, the follownig scheme is used:Basic + vol + Rest

thirty-two

tsìvol

tsì- + vol

four times 8

fifty-three

puvomrr

pu- + vo(l) + -mrr

six times 8 + 5

Here is a table:old gallery link?id=4829[/img]

Note: If you encounter a double m when building numbers, one of them must be removed.

In the table are also numbers greater than 6410. 6410 is equivalent to 1008.

sixty-five

zamaw

zam + -aw

one times 64 + 1

sixty-eight

zamsìng

zam + -sìng

one times 64 + 4

Big Numbers

Here is a table:old gallery link?id=4830[/img]

To write larger numbers, one uses the following scheme:Basic + X + Y + Rest, such that X can be zam, vozam or zazam and Y can be Basic + vol.

three-hundred-eighty-four

puzam

pu- + zam

six times 64

four-hundred-sixty-one

kizamvohin

ki- + zam + vo + -hin

seven times 64 + one times 8 + 7

four-hundred-ninety-eight

kizampuvomun

ki- + zam + pu- + vo + -mun

seven times 64 + six times 8 + 2

If you want to try to say or write a greater number, it's not currently possible because a new word is needed for 32768 (1000008) and any higher power of 8.

Using The Numbers

The numbers are used as adjectives.Examples:5 trees --> mrra utral / utral amrr --> number + a <-- which refers to the noun.14 people --> vofua tawtute / tawtute avofu

And then we write it as a figure:5 trees --> °5a utral / utral a5° --> number + a <-- which refers to the noun.14 people --> °16a tawtute / tawtute a16°

The degree symbol ° indicates that the number means as octal, so as an alternative to the subscript 8 } X8.

Non-Na’vi Numbers

The Na'vi has two loanwords from English. This would 'eyt and nayn.Use these not for counting (whoever does will be eaten by Palulukan! ), but as digits. For example, phone numbers, license plates, IDs, etc.

Ordinal Numbers

The ordinal numbers are formed by the suffix -ve.

See the table:old gallery link?id=4831[/img]

Repetitions

Number of repetitions (For ex. five times, seven times, etc.) expressed about the word alo,which is used as a noun:

In your translation you have leave out the 'multiplier', which I have written as a word.In deiner Übersetzung hast du den 'Multiplikator' weggelassen, welche ich als Wort geschrieben habe.The following example you may see why I did it.Am folgenden Beispiel siehst du vielleicht warum ich das gemacht habe.

The original file was in German. I translated it into English but Tirea Aean has corrected it.The official English version is version 1.05

The dutch translation will be a new file with the version 1.00.

I would recommend you to use the attached doc (MS Office 97-03) file.

When we have figured out how to phrase everything, worked out the little problems, I will make a finalized version with the correct version number. If you don't mind using my tables, that is, it took me quite some time to make them and you have to be honest, they are more readable.

Oh, leider habe ich zu spät bemerkt, dass du in den Script eine Zahl und eine Ziffer meinst. Das ist in Ordnung.Oh, sorry I noticed too late that you are mean in the script once a number and a digit. That's OK.

When we have figured out how to phrase everything, worked out the little problems, I will make a finalized version with the correct version number. If you don't mind using my tables, that is, it took me quite some time to make them and you have to be honest, they are more readable.

Normalerweise mache ich die Tabellen, weil ich diese auch in der 'Tabellenbox' anbiete. Nach den Tabellen zu fragen, wäre sicher einfacher gewesen...Usually I do the tables, because I offering these also in the 'Table box'. To ask for the tables would have been certainly easier...

So, I write the script fo the this section. Hmm, I just missing a Na'vi language section in the Dutch subforum.If is this script ok, I will create a PDF file and put it on the website of LN.org.Here only the table is missing.

So, I write the script fo the this section. Hmm, I just missing a Na'vi language section in the Dutch subforum.If is this script ok, I will create a PDF file and put it on the website of LN.org.Here only the table is missing.[...]

There's still some things that aren't completely right: The mathematical mistake in the first paragraph is still there. Correct would be:

These are the basic principles on which number systems like the decimal and octal are based.When you put the digit '5' on any of these letters, it would have a different value every time (excluding 'e' and 'j', a '5' on those would have the same value.)

This was a result of a long diskussion with Xelloss. He would have the stucture of the LN number website also inlcuded in the file. I have to change just the yellow color of 'vo' / 108 to prevent confusion with the colorated number and words below.I also think about the Idea to add a fourth example with a larger number to complete the possibilities.

I want to update the files, also I want to fix some mistakes.What would this mean in your language?To write big number, use this schema:(prefix + zazam) + (prefix + vozam) + (prefix + zam) + prefix + vo(l) + suffixAny part in parentheses can be omitted.

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